Protestors seek to 'Block the Wall' on Tuesday morning at Sample Gates

Freshman Deisdy Rodriguez, left, protests Tuesday morning against President Trump's national emergency declaration. The Sample Gates protest called for people to organize against the declaration.
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After President Trump declared a national emergency Friday to fund construction of a wall along the U.S. southern border, several Bloomington groups organized a protest against the wall Tuesday at Sample Gates.

About a dozen people were at the protest, which started at 11:30 a.m. They held handwritten signs and banners with messages in support of immigrants and against the president, U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement and the border wall. The protestors waved at cars honking in support of them as they drove by.

The idea for the protest in Bloomington came from IU on Strike. According to the group's Twitter biography, it organized a strike in April 2013. “Can we mobilize here in #Bloomington against the #FakeTrumpEmergency and to support asylum-seekers? We can help deal #blockthewall and block Trump," the group tweeted.

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